Why Not Cbt?: Against and for Cbt Revisited

Loewenthal, Del (Editor)/ Proctor, Gillian (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1910919349 / ISBN 13: 9781910919347

Published by P C C S Books, 2019

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2nd edition. 431 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.00 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk1910919349

Bibliographic Details

Title: Why Not Cbt?: Against and for Cbt Revisited

Publisher: P C C S Books

Publication Date: 2019

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Brand New

Edition: 2nd Edition

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Synopsis:

Ten years after its first edition, this updated collection of chapters by leading psychologists, psychotherapists and academics asks again why CBT continues to dominate psychological therapy services. Critics and proponents of CBT amass new evidence to argue that the needs of the client and the therapy relationship should drive the choice of model, not ideology, cost or expediency.

Review:

I welcome this book for its varied and challenging perspectives. None of us should be afraid to stop, think and reflect on our ways of working. I hope that these different perspectives lead to reflection and improved understanding across therapies. --Professor Chris Williams, President of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

In the ongoing debate between promoters of CBT and those who champion humanistic, person-centered and meaning-focused psychotherapies, I can think of no other single book that gives practitioners of any persuasion a compass by which to navigate the liquid cultural moment. --Maureen O Hara PhD, Professor of Psychology, National University, US, and Director, International Futures Forum-US

This book is a must-read for both those troubled by the basis of CBT's dominance in the field of psychotherapy, and also those who are persuaded by the rhetoric put out by CBT's supporters. The critique found in this collection of essays is broad-ranging, deep and utterly convincing. --Farhad Dalal, psychotherapist and group analyst, and author of CBT: The Cognitive Behavioural Tsunami